Amazon Forces Password Resets after Possible Security Breach

26

Nov

2015

Online retailer Amazon on Tuesday started sending emails to some of its users, prompting them to reset their passwords, saying that they might have been compromised.

The company informed users that it decided to force-reset their passwords after learning that they might have been exposed to a third party. The emails sent out by Amazon also suggested that the company adopted this precautionary measure although it was not aware of user passwords being improperly disclosed, ZDNet reports.